Walt Disney Propaganda

Ever heard of propaganda, to make this simpler commercials or advertisements? If you haven't let me save you some research and time. Propaganda, it's used by a lot of companies to get you to do something usually to buy something. Propaganda is used in the fields of advertising, marketing and public relations. Most propaganda ads are meant for kids because who can say no to kids, they nag you in order for you to buy something they need or want and eventually its right in their hands. Kids are the main target because once they get used to propaganda while their younger once they're older it's almost basically in their blood. Every turn you make there's something that has to do with this. Propaganda isn't just used to get you to buy something …show more content…
There are many examples of propaganda in this world I'm pretty sure you've seen more than 100 in the lifetime you have lived so far maybe even more than that. There has been many propagandas involving the Nazis. For example the video “The Thrifty Pig” by Walt Disney was a propaganda ad. The intended audience was for everyone of all ages. By the way the video was made and the contents that were included in the video you can infer it was made around the time when the Nazis wanted to take control. The whole videos purpose was to get you to buy stone or brick to build your houses instead of using any other brand or things to build it. This commercial was a recreation of the original “three little pigs,” except this time there was some changes, major changes. The wolf in the original story was just a wolf but in this version the wolf was a Nazi solider and for the pigs they were people trying to get away from the Nazi. The pigs who built their house from wood and straw …show more content…
Although, people may have a whole different point of view on the techniques and the way it was used or whether it was beneficial or not I personally think it was. If the producer of the video really wanted to make people buy their product they could have used more techniques instead of suing mainly things that affect you personally. From what i noticed most of the techniques were used at the end of the and barley anytime throughout the video. One technique that would have been more persuasive if it was used in the video is testimonials, that technique is using famous people in their advertisements. That would have made it more effective because, who doesn't want something their role model or a famous person has. Concluding on “the thrifty pig’’ that is why that ad was beneficial and was a good example of propaganda. All of the techniques that were stated above and many more are the things that make you want to buy something. Propaganda now from this understanding is beneficial for the producers but not as much so for the consumers because in a way it brain washes